Friday, February 5, 2010

Here are some pictures from his promotion ceremony on Tuesday, February 2, 2010.

PFC Sanford is standing to the rear of his platoon.

1st Lt. Dombrey walking up to conduct the ceremony.

Corporal Addison (with red folder) calls Garr to the front.

Here comes Garrison! Classic Marine walk!

The white building behind the platoon is the Landing Support Shop (Garr's work place).

Cpl. Addison reads the certificate of promotion.

Garrison picked two buddies to pin his Lance Corporal Chevrons onto the collar of his jacket.

Saluting the 1st Lt.

Here Lcpl. Hernandez and Cpl. Espinoza perform the honors.

Notice the 'red patches' on the LS Marines' legs. This signifies they get to 'hold the beach' and unload ships, trains, helicopters, or airplanes while everyone else without the patch 'moves up'. They are the entry point: responsible for everything that is needed for the battlefield.

Wow, where has this year gone? It is already February. There is so much that we need to catch all y'all up on. Let's see where to start...

Well, the first thing we did was go ice skating on January 1st! The Evan's family was amazing. They set-up a time for our church family to go together. Here are some pictures from the event:

Even when you are having loads of fun danger is always lurking. Here Zachary shows the puncture wound from falling on his skates...

Next up we had another ice Skating day on the 23rd of January! Colton Evan's so kindly set up the morning where we could rent the whole building! So this time we were able to skate with only Providentions. :)

Thanks to our Uncle Scott who was visiting that week for all the great pictures!! Thanks also to our Meme who paid for all of us to buy new skates! So this time around no one came home with any blisters.

Here Adrianna looks like she is trying with all her might to turn this corner without falling down.

The little girls are getting really good at skating and are hardly falling down at all now! Next thing we need to work on is stopping without having to run straight into the wall.

All of us skating our hearts out.

My wonderful Uncle who took all of the pictures for us!

Nathan looks like he has an evil plan in this picture where Rebecca looks like she has no clue what is going on.

Even while ice skating us girls always seem to be in the way while we talk. Who says you actually have to skate while on the ice? Why can't we just stand around talking? lol :)

Mom and Dad making it around the turn without any problem.

And thus ends out trip to the ice rink. We had a lovely time and cannot wait until we can go again! The new skates definitely helped a bunch with balance and control. We all want to try them out again soon. :)